Comparing the United States to Rome and Great Britain, he argues that a combination of military Keynesianism, the Bush administration's attempt to implement a unitary presidency, and the failed checks on executive ambition point to political and economic bankruptcy.
No, it is also a book about reading, originality and influence, ambition, point of view, politics and activism, identity, community.
Though this is the heyday of the lobotomy as psychiatric treatment, Will's ambitions point him elsewhere.
From Tesla to Amazon, Google, Facebook examples in early consumer electronics and assets that have smart features to new visualization wearables; these ambitions point to a new way of thinking that will challenge existing business models and agile methods.
Ms Buono, who trails Mr Christie by more than 20 points, argued that his stewardship of the state was being affected by his presidential ambitions, pointing to his opposition to gay marriage.
The reference to Forstall – forced out in October from his role as head of Apple's mobile software by his chief executive, Tim Cook, amid rumours that he, like Sinofsky, had created divisive tensions and fostered ambitions points to the huge pressures on both Apple and Microsoft amid the rapidly changing digital landscape.
Augustine's professional ambitions pointed in the direction of an arranged marriage, and this in turn entailed a separation from his long-time companion and mother of his son.
The ease with which political power-holders have been able to pursue criminal ambitions points to structural weaknesses in the democratic system.
From his youth on the open plains, Burnham's earliest playmates were Sioux Indian boys and their ambitions pointed to excelling in the lore and arts of the trail and together they dreamed of some day becoming great scouts.
There's a scene early on in July's film in which Jason (Hamish Linklater), a frustrated, vaguely artistic thirty-five-year-old freelance tech-support guy, explains his ambition: "The point is to be alert, to notice things….
Critics may dismiss the entrepreneurial ambitions and point to the fact that the Netherlands is relatively small compared to many other European countries, yet Klöpping is convinced that it can work abroad.
